Emmy-winning TV movie director Lamont Johnson dies

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Oct 28, 2010 at 12:01 AM

MONTEREY, Calif. (AP) — Emmy-winning television director Lamont Johnson, who tackled controversial subjects in such made-for-TV movies as “My Sweet Charlie” about interracial romance and “That Certain Summer” about homosexuality, has died at his California home. He was 88.

His son Chris Johnson told the Los Angeles Times his father died Sunday of congestive heart failure at his Monterey home.

Other Johnson TV movies with controversial subject matter included blacklisting in “Fear on Trial” and the civil rights movement in “Crisis at Central High.”

His credits also include “The Execution of Private Slovik,” ‘’Lincoln” and the miniseries “Wallenberg: A Hero’s Story.” He won Emmy Awards for “Lincoln” and “Wallenberg.”

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